DEVOTION  TO  j*  J>  *  * 
ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA 

THE  NOVENA  OF  NINE  TUESDAYS 
AND  PRAYERS  IN  HIS  HONOK  J*  .« 


.  COMPILED  FRO 

M  APPROVED  SOURC 

ES  BY  . 

Rev.  Bonaven 

ruRK  Hammer,  0. 

F.  M. 

no  Men's  Sodality  op  St.  Francis  Church 


Edition  of  1908. 


DEVOTION  TO  ^  *  * 
ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA 

THE  NOVENA  OF  NINE  TUESDAYS 
AND  PRAYERS  IN  HIS  HONOR  -J*  S 


.   COMPILED  FROM  APPROVED  SOURCES  BY  . 

Rev.  Bona  venture  Hammer,  O.  F.  M. 


cincinnati: 

Young  Men's  Sodality  of  St.  Francis  Church, 
1889. 


Edition  of  1908. 


Preface. 


^J^he  following  pages  were  originally  written  in 
German,  and  published  by  the  Sodality  of  the 
Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  established  under  the  care  of 
the  Franciscan  Fathers  at  St.  Francis  Church, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Having  received  the  approba- 
tion of  His  Grace,  the  Most  Rev.  W.  H.  Elder, 
Archbishop  of  Cincinnati,  and  of  the  Very  Rev. 
Jerome  Kilgenstein,  O.F.M.,  Provincial  of  the 
Franciscan  Province  of  Cincinnati,  the  pamphlet 
gained  many  friends:  three  editions  were  printed 
within  less  than  a  year,  and  numerous  applications 
for  an  English  version  were  made. 

To  satisfy  this  latter  demand  this  edition  was 
prepared,  in  the  hope  that  it  will  contribute  towards 
the  spread  of  a  devotion  so  fruitful  of  extra- 
ordinary results — the  devotion  to  St.  Anthony  of 
Padua. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  May  i,  1889. 


St.  Anthony  of  Padua. 


C^T.  Anthony  of  Padua  was  born  in  the 
year  1195,  in  Lisbon,  Portugal.  His 
parents  were  virtuous,  wealthy  and  of  noble 
birth.  Ferdinand  was  the  name  given  to 
the  Saint  in  baptism,  which  was  changed 
to  Anthony  when  he  becam  :  a  Franciscan. 
His  father  wished  him  to  choose  the  pro- 
fession of  arms,  but  Ferdinand  had  no 
military  ambition,  and  loved  nothing  better 
than  prayer,  study  and  retirement.  He 
began  the  higher  course  of  studies  under 
the  Canons  of  St.  Augustine,  devoting 
himself  to  the  study  of  rhetoric,  philosophy, 
and  theology  with  great  enthusiasm  and 
wonderful  success  in  the  Monastery  of  the 
Holy  Cross  near  Coimbra.  In  the  year 
1220  the  mangled  bodies  of  three  martyred 
Franciscans,  victims  of  the  fierce  fanaticism 
of  the  Moors,  were  brought  to  Coimbra. 

Ferdinand  felt  an  aident  longing  spring  up 

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in  his  heart  to  become  a  Franciscan,  and,  if 
God  willed  it,  meet  a  death  similar  to  theirs. 
He  applied  for  admission  to  the  Order  of 
St.  Francis,  and  was  received  into  the 
Franciscan  Monastery  of  St.  Anthony,  near 
Coimbra.  At  his  own  request,  he  was 
appointed  assistant  in  the  African  Missions, 
but  scarcely  had  he  landed  on  the  coast  of 
Africa,  when  he  was  laid  down  by  a  local 
intermittent  fever,  which  wasted  his 
strength  and  confined  him  to  a  sick  bed, 
till  the  tide  of  life  seemed  slowly  ebbing 
away.  He  was  obliged  to  return  to  his 
native  country,  and  was  brought  on  board 
of  a  ship  about  to  sail  for  Portugal,  but 
contrary  winds  sprang  up  and  forced  it  to 
put  by  at  Messina,  in  Sicily.  The  fresh 
sea  breezes  had  expelled  the  fever  from  his 
system  and  left  him  convalescent,  but 
without  strength.  He  disembarked  with 
the  others. 

When  on  shore,  Anthony  learned  that 
St.  Francis  was  then  holding  a  chapter  of 
the  Order  at  Assisi,  and  the  wish  to  see 
the  Holy  Founder  determined  him  to  go 


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thither.  He  journeyed  toward  Assisi,  saw 
and  conversed  with  St.  Francis,  and  ob- 
tained permission  to  remain  in  Italy. 
Carefully  concealing  his  intellectual  gifts 
and  scholarly  education,  he  applied  in  vain 
to  several  Superiors  to  attach  him  to  their 
communities,  until  at  last  the  Guardian  of 
St.  Paul's  Monastery  near  Bologna  consent- 
ed to  receive  him,  and  appointed  him  to 
assist  in  the  kitchen.  His  abilities  and 
great  learning  would  have  remained  hidden 
forever,  had  not  Providence  directed  other- 
wise. When  he  had  been  nearly  two  years 
in  the  kitchen  some  members  of  the  monas- 
tery, including  Anthony,  were  sent  to  Forli, 
and  for  a  few  days  occupied  the  same 
Monastery  with  the  Dominicans.  One 
night,  after  supper,  it  was  suggested  that 
some  one  of  their  number  should  preach. 
All  declined,  on  the  ground  of  want  of  pre- 
paration. Last  of  all,  Anthony  was  asked, 
but  he  also  promptly  declined.  To  his 
utter  astonishment,  his  Superior  command- 
ed him  under  obedience  to  preach  as  best 
he  could.    The  text  of  Scripture  was  as- 


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signed  to  him,  and  he  rose  to  speak.  The 
first  few  sentences  were  spoken  slowly, 
spoken  as  if  he  were  gradually  collecting 
his  thoughts,  or  hesitating  to  tear  off  the 
mask  that  had  hitherto  concealed  his  learn- 
ing. Then  his  voice  rose  clear,  firm,  and 
gracefully  modulated,  till  he  seemed  no 
longer  the  same  man.  Quotations  most 
happily  chosen  from  all  parts  of  the  Scrip- 
ture and  from  the  Fathers  of  the  Church 
succeeded,  like  an  army  in  close  array,  one 
upon  another.  His  hearers  sat  surprised, 
spellbound;  they  had  all  heard  other  orators, 
but  never  any  to  compare  wTith  him;  they 
felt  his  superiority,  and  that  they  were 
mere  disciples  listening  to  the  voice  of  a 
master. 

St.  Francis  heard  with  delight  of  this 
great  treasure  hidden  and  discovered  within 
his  Order.  He  wrote  to  him,  appointing 
him  to  teach  theology,  and  had  him 
ordained  priest.  He  taught  theology  with 
great  success,  but  gradually  he  abandoned 
the  lecture-room  to  devote  himself  more 
exclusively   to  the  conversion  of  sinners, 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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making  his  home  principally  at  Padua. 
When  St.  Anthony  first  went  to  the  latter 
place,  there  was  no  Franciscan  Convent  in 
the  city,  and  the  nearest  was  in  Arcella, 
over  a  mile  from  Padua.  It  wras  extremely 
inconvenient  for  Anthony  to  go  to  Arcella 
every  day,  as  his  labors,  both  in  the  pulpit 
and  in  the  confessional,  were  often  pro- 
tracted to  a  late  hour  in  the  night.  With 
the  permission  of  his  Superior,  he  took  up 
his  abode,  on  such  occasions,  at  the  house 
of  Count  Tisco,  a  man  of  great  piety  and 
devoted  to  our  Saint.  The  Count  set  apart 
a  room  in  the  house  for  Anthony,  a  secluded 
room,  such  as  Anthony  loved,  where  he 
would  be  least  likely  to  be  disturbed  by 
visitors.  One  day,  when  the  Count  hap- 
pened to  be  near  the  room,  he  was  surprised 
to  see  the  streams  of  light  issuing  from  it, 
and  looking  in,  he  beheld  Anthony  wTith  a 
little  child  in  his  arms,  whom  he  lovingly 
caressed.  Rays  of  divine  light  surrounded 
the  head  of  the  lovely  child,  and  while  the 
Count  was  still  gazing  full  of  awe  and 
wonder,  the  vision  disappeared.  Anthony, 


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recognizing  he  had  been  observed,  begged 
the  Count  not  to  mention  to  anyone  what 
he  had  seen,  and  the  latter  faithfully  kept 
the  secret  during  the  Saint's  life,  but  con- 
sidered himself  at  liberty  to  reveal  it  after 
Anthony's  death.  This  is  the  incident  re- 
ferred to  in  all  the  Saint's  pictures. 

The  fruits  of  St..  Anthony's  missionary 
labors  were  wonderful.  He  preached 
usually  in  large  cathedrals  or  in  the  open 
fields,  because  the  mere  intimation  that  he 
was  about  to  preach  drew  thousands  to  the 
place.  In  the  villages  which  he  entered  on 
his  round  of  apostolic  labor,  all  work  was 
suspended  for  the  day.  The  tradesman 
would  lay  aside  his  tools,  w7ith  his  task 
unfinished;  the  farmer  would  unyoke  his 
oxen,  with  his  field  half  ploughed;  the  aged 
and  the  young,  rich  and  poor,  would  leave 
business  or  pleasure  to  listen  with  wonder 
and  delight  to  this  poor  Franciscan,  whom 
nature  had  made  an  orator  and  the  grace  of 
God  a  saint.  Wherever  he  wTent,  old  feuds 
were  healed,  scandals  suppressed  or  fear- 
lessly rebuked,  justice  and  mercy  taught 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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towards  the  poor,  till  even  usurers  were 
seen  to  relax  their  grasp  on  their  ill-gotten 
wealth  and  make  restitution  of  their  dis- 
honest gains.  God,  at  the  same  time, 
wrought  many  miracles  through  the  Saint. 
He  everywhere  healed  the  sick,  gave  sight 
to  the  blind,  and  hearing  and  speech  to  the 
deaf  and  the  dumb. 

St.  Anthony,  when  in  Rome,  preached 
before  the  Pope  and  the  Sacred  College, 
and  with  such  effect,  that  His  Holiness, 
speaking  of  him  afterwards  to  the  Cardinals, 
called  him  the  "Ark  of  thk  Covenant," 
meaning  thereby,  that  his  mind  was  a  store- 
house of  sacred  learning  and  profound 
knowledge  of  the  Scriptures. 

Iyeaving  Rome-,  St.  Anthony  retired  to 
Mt.  Alverno — the  wild,  precipitous  moun- 
tain where  St.  Francis  had  received  the 
sacred  stigmata.  There  he  passed  from 
two  to  three  months,  the  happiest  of  his 
life,  and  it  was  with  feelings  of  deep  re- 
gret that  he  left  its  peace  and  solitude  to 
preach  the  Lent  in  Padua.  After  Easter 
he   retired   to   Campo   San    Pietro,  nine 


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miles  from  Padua,  where  there  was  a  small 
Franciscan  Convent.  His  health  and 
strength  had  failed.  His  brethren  thought 
it  the  result  of  overwork  to  be  got  rid  of 
by  rest,  but  he  knew  and  said  it  was  the 
advancing  shadow  of  death.  When  the 
malady  increased,  he  asked  to  be  taken 
back  to  his  convent  in  Padua.  He  was 
carried  in  a  litter,  and  on  hearing  of  his 
approach,  the  whole  city  went  forth  to 
meet  him.  Farther  progress  was  found 
impossible,  and  he  was  taken  to  a  convent 
near  by,  within  the  suburbs  of  the  city. 
Next  morning  he  confessed  and  communi- 
cated, and,  soon  after,  his  face  lit  up  and 
his  eyes  sparkled  with  delight.  In  answer' 
to  a  question,  he  replied:  ' 'Brethren,  I 
SEE  the  Lord.  ' '  After  receiving  Extreme 
Unction  and  joining  in  the  recital  of  the 
seven  penitential  psalms,  and  his  favorite 
hymn  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  "O  Gloriosa 
Domina",  he  calmly  expired  on  June  13, 
1 23 1.  At  the  moment  of  his  death 
hundreds  of  children  went  forth  into  the 
streets,  of  their  own  accord,  and  shouted 


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aloud:  1  'The  Saint  is  dead;  St.  Anthony 
is  dead!" 

After  his  death,  so  many  miracles  were 
wrought  through  the  intercession  of  St. 
Anthony,  that  he  was  canonized  the  follow- 
ing year.  Thirty-two  years  after  his  death, 
a  stately  church  was  erected  under  his  in- 
vocation in  Padua,  and  his  remains  were 
translated  thither.  St.  Bonaventure,  who 
was  present  on  the  occasion,  tells  us  that, 
while  the  flesh  of  the  body  was  all  con- 
sumed, the  tongue  was  incorrupt,  fresh  and 
ruddy  as  in  life.  Can  we  wonder  that  the 
tongue  was  preserved  from  corruption, 
whose  eloquence  had  so  often  proclaimed 
the  glory  of  God  and  saved  thousands  of 
souls  from  eternal  ruin?  The  chapel  con- 
taining the  tomb  is  a  marvel  of  its  kind. 
Gorgeous  splendor  surrounds  the  grave  of 
this  poor  son  of  St.  Francis:  this  humble 
Saint  who  loved  above  all  things  to  be 
hidden  and  unknown,  but  whom  art,  genius 
and  religion  delight  to  honor — St.  Anthony 
of  Padua. 


Che  nowna  of  nine  Tuesdays  in  fionor  of 
$t.  flntftony, 

^T.  Anthony's  happy  death  occurred  on 
Friday,  and  his  burial  was  appointed  for 
the  following  Tuesday.  No  miracles'  had 
been  performed  through  the  Saint's  inter- 
cession until  the  latter  day,  when  the  sacred 
remains  were  taken  to  their  last  resting 
place.  Tuesday  was,  therefore,  from  that 
time,  naturally  chosen  as  a  day  especially 
appropriate  for  devotion  to  St.  Anthony, 
and  that  such  choice  was  acceptable  to  God 
was  confirmed  by  innumerable  indications 
ever  since.  It  was  not,  however,  until 
nearly  four  hundred  years  after  the  death 
of  the  Saint  that  the  peculiar  Novena  of 
nine  successive  Tuesdays  was  recom- 
mended by  himself.  The  occasion  was  as 
follows:  In  the  year  1617,  at  Bologna,  a 
lady  of  rank  besought  St.  Anthony  with 

special  fervor  to  obtain  for  her  a  particular 
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grace.  She  was  made  assured,  by  an  un- 
wonted sense  of  interior  consolation,  that 
her  prayer  had  been  heard,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing night  she  beheld  the  Saint  in  a 
dream,  encircled  with  rays,  and  heard  him 
say:  "O  Woman,  for  nine  Tuesdays, 
one  after  the  other,  make  visits  to 
the  Church  of  my  Order;  on  each  of 
those  days  approach  the  holy  sacra- 
MENTS of  Penance  and  of  the  Altar; 

THEN  PRAY  BEFORE  MY  PICTURE,  AND 
WHAT  YOU  ASK,  YOU  SHALL  OBTAIN. ' '  The 

pious  lady  performed  the  Novena  according 
to  these  directions,  and  obtained  what  she 
had  so  fervently  implored. 

The  Novena  of  Nine  Tuesdays,  in  honor 
of  St.  Anthony  of  Padua,  was  therefore 
immediately  spread  all  over  Catholic 
Europe.  How  pleasing  to  God  and  to  St. 
Anthony  the  exercise  of  this  devotion  is, 
we  learn  from  the  countless  miracles  and 
graces  which  God  has  been  pleased  to 
vouchsafe  through  its  means.  From  the 
innumerable  examples  of  the  fruit  derived 
from  this  peculiar  Novena,  the  following 


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are  mentioned  as  particularly  striking'  and 
perfectly  authenticated:  A  Lady  of  Turin 
was,  through  it,  miraculously  preserved 
from  the  effects,  first  of  poison,  then  of 
violence.  In  Rome,  1649,  a  young  lady's 
character  and  peace  of  mind  were  restored 
by  a  most  remarkable  intervention  of  the 
Saint,  during  the  celebration  of  a  sacred 
function.  Moreover,  the  following  cases 
of  deliverance  from  mortal  disease  are  re- 
lated: One  of  a  boy  near  Cologne,  whose 
cure  of  a  malignant  swelling  began  on  the 
first  and  was  completed  on  the  last  Tuesday 
of  the  Novena;  and  of  two  others — the  first, 
of  a  noble  lady  who  wTas  afflicted  with  a 
fatal  interior  infirmity;  and  the  second,  of 
a  physician,  wdio  was  dying  of  gangrene, 
both  of  wThom  were  cured  suddenly,  in  a 
moment,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  Novena. 

The  Seraphic  Doctor,  St.  Bonaventure, 
declares  that  all  miraculous  graces  may  be 
obtained  through  the  intercession  of  St. 
Anthony.  This  intercession  is  sought 
chiefly  for  the  following  objects:  (1)  For 
the  restoration  of  things  lost  or  stolen;  (2) 


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for  the  recovery  of  health;  (3)  for  a 
knowledge  of  the  will  of  God  relative  to 
the  choice  of  an  occupation  or  vocation; 
(4)  for  the  happy  issue  of  our  undertak- 
ings, whether  in  relation  to  our  spiritual  or 
temporal  good.  With  regard  to  temporal 
blessings  we  should  always  pray  with  the 
condition  that  they  be  in  accordance  with 
the  will  of  God,  and  conducive  to  the  wel- 
fare of  our  souls.  The  essential  requisite, 
moreover,  is,  that  we  always  pray  with  a 
lively  faith,  a  firm  hope,  and  above  all, 
with  a  heart  free  from  mortal  sin,  then  we 
may  expect  all  graces  and  blessings  from 
him,  who  during  his  mortal  life,  thought 
only  of  comforting  and  assisting  the  un- 
happy and  afflicted. 

The  Novena  of  Nine  Tuesdays  is  per- 
formed in  the  following  manner: 

(1)  Visit,  for  nine  consecutive  Tues- 
days, a  church,  if  possible  one  served  by 
Franciscans,  hear  Mass,  and  recite  appro- 
priate prayers. 

(2)  If  allowed,  and  when  possible,  re- 
ceive, on  each  of  the  Tuesdays,  the  holy 


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Sacraments  of  Penance  and  of  the  Altar, 
with  due  devotion. 

(3)  Strive,  with  all.  earnestness,  to  imi- 
tate the  virtues  of  St.  Anthony,  especially 
his  purity  and. humility. 

(4)  The  exercises  may  be  performed 
privately  at  home,  before  a  picture  of  the 
Saint,  if  the  church  can  not  be  visited. 


Pious  Practices  for  m  nine  Weeks  of 


the  nowna- 

^J^UK  devotion  to  the  saints  consists  in 
the  imitation  of  their  virtues:  we  there- 
fore subjoin  for  every  week  of  the  Novena 
some  pious  practice,  which  is  to  be  per- 
formed in  addition  to  the  prayers,  in  order 
to  obtain  the  protection  and  intercession  of 
St.  Anthony  the  more  readily. 

FIRST  WEEK. 

Practice  charity.  For  example:  Be  friendly 
towards  those  against  whom  you  feel  aversion. 
"If,  therefore,  thou  offer  thy  gift  at  the  altar,  and 
there  shalt  remember  that  thy  brother  has  anything 
against  thee:  leave  there  thy  offering  before  the 
altar,  and  go  first  and  be  reconciled  to  thy  brother; 
and  then  come  and  offer  thy  gift."  (Matth.  5, 
23,  24.) 

SECOND  WEEK. 

Accept  every  cross  which  God  sends  you  in  a 
spirit  of  penance,    saying   with   St.  Augustine: 
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"O  Lord,  scorch,  scathe  and  punish  me  in  this 
world,  do  but  spare  me  in  the  next. "  1  'If  any  man 
will  followme,  let  him  deny  himself,  and  take  up 
his  cross."    (Mark  8,  34. ) 

THIRD  WEEK. 
Mortify  your  tongue.    "If  any  man  think  him- 
self to  be  religious,  not  bridling  his  tongue,  but 
deceiving  his  own  heart,  this  man's  religion  is  in 
vain."    (James  1,  26. ) 

FOURTH  WEEK. 
Strive  to  know  and  to  amend  your  predominant 
fault.    "The  kingdom  of  God  suffereth  violence, 
and  the  violent  bear  it  away."    (Matth.  11,  12.) 

FIFTH  WEEK. 
Offer  up  all  good  works  during  this  week  for  the 
souls  in  Purgatory.    "It  is  a  holy  and  wholesome 
thought  to  pray  for  the  dead,  that  they  may  be 
loosed  from  sins."    (ii.  Mach.  12,  46.) 

SIXTH  WEEK. 
Remember,  in  everything  you  do,  the  presence 
of   God.    "Walk   before   me,  and  be  perfect." 
(Gen.  17,  1.) 

SEVENTH  WEEK. 
In  the  evening,  on  retiring,  remember  the  hour 
of  death,  and  say  to  yourself:    Perhaps  my  awak- 
ening will  be  in  eternity.    Lord  have  mercy  on  me 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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a  poor  sinner.  "In  all  thy  works  remember  thy 
last  end,  and  thou  shalt  never  sin."    (Bccl.  7,  40.) 

EIGHTH  WEEK. 

Offer  up  the  prayers  and  good  works  of  this 
week  for  the  Church,  the  Holy  Father,  the  bishops 
and  priests.  "Pray  for  one  another,  that  you  may 
be  saved."    (James  5,  16. ) 

NINTH  WEEK. 

Practice  some  slight  mortification  of  your  appe- 
tite. If  possible,  contribute  your  mite  towards 
some  good  and  pious  work.  "Prayer  is  good  with 
fasting  and  alms,  more  than  to  lay  up  treasures  of 
gold."    (Tobias  12,  8.) 


Prayers  to  St.  flntbony  for  the  limm  of 
Dine  Cue$day$. 

PR  EPA  RA  TOR ) '  PR  A  YER. 

O GLORIOUS  St.  Anthony,  safe  refuge  of  the  afflic- 
ted and  distressed,  who,  through  a  miraculous 
revelation,  hast  directed  all  those  who  seek  thy 
aid  to  approach  thy  altar,  with  the  promise,  that 
whoever  visits  it  for  nine  consecutive  Tuesdays, 
and  there  piously  invokes  thee,  will  feel  the  power 
of  thy  intercession:.  I,  a  poor  sinner,  encouraged 
by  this  promise,  come  to  thee  today  with  a  firm 
hope,  and  I  rejoice  in  the  great  honor  which  our 
Holy  Mother,  the  Church,  has  shown  to  thee  in 
placing  thy  image  on  her  altars.  I  pour  forth  my 
prayer  to  thee;  I  implore  thy  aid,  thy  protection, 
thy  counsel  and  thy  blessing.  Obtain  for  me,  I 
beseech  thee,  my  request  in  this  necessity  [name 
if\,  provided  it  be  not  opposed  to  the  will  of  God, 
and  the  welfare  of  my  soul.  Should  such,  however, 
be  the  case,  obtain  for  me  such  other  graces,  as 
shall  be  conducive  to  my  salvation.  Through 
Christ,  our  Lord.  Amen. 


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ST.  ANTHONY  OP  PADUA. 


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Prayer  to  the  Tnfant  Jesus  in  the  firms  of  St.  Anthony. 

O  Jesus,  my  Saviour!  who  didst  vouchsafe  to 
appear  to  St.  Anthony  in  the  form  of  an  infant,  I 
implore  Thee,  through  the  love  Thou  didst  bear  to 
this  Saint  when  he  dwelt  on  earth,  and  which  Thou 
now  bearest  to  him  in  heaven,  graciously  hear  my 
prayer,  and  assist  me  in  my  necessities.  Who 
livest  and  reignest,  world  without  end.  Amen. 

PR  A  YER. 

Almighty  and  Eternal  God!  who  didst  glorify 
Thy  faithful  confessor,  Anthony,  with  the  per- 
petual gift  of  working  miracles,  graciously  grant 
that  what  we  confidently  seek  through  his  merits 
we  may  surely  receive  through  his  intercession. 
Through  Christ,  our  Lord.  Amen. 


Che  Responsory  of  St.  Anthony  of  Padua. 

Si  quaeris  miracula, 
Mors,  error,  calamitas, 
Daemon,  lepra  fugiunt, 
Aegri  surgunt  sani. 

Cedunt  mare,  vincula; 
Membra,  resque  perditas 
Petunt  et  accipiunt 
Juvenes  et  cani. 

Pereunt  pericula, 
Cessat  et  necessitas; 
Narrent  hi,  qui  sentiunt, 
Dicant  Paduani. 


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Cedunt  mare,  vincula; 
Membra,  resque  perditas 
Petunt  et  accipiunt 
Juvenes  et  cani. 

Gloria  Patri  et  Filio, 
Et  Spiritui  Sancto. 

Cedunt  mare,  vincula, 
Membra,  resque  perditas 
Petunt  et  accipiunt 
Juvenes  et  cani. 

V.    Ora  pro  nobis,  B.  Antoni: 

R.    Ut  digni  efficiamur  promissionibus  Christi. 

OREMUS. 

Ecclesiam  tuam,  Deus,  Beati  Antoni,  confessoris 
tui,  commemoratio  votiva  lsetificet,  ut  spiritualibus 
semper  muniatur  auxiliis,  et  gaudiis  perfruatur 
seternis.    Per  Christum  Dominum  nostrum.  Amen. 

( Translation.) 

If  miracles  thou  fain  wouldst  see: 
Lo!  error,  death,  calamity, 
The  leprous  stain,  the  demon  flies, 
From  beds  of  pain  the  sick  arise. 

The  hungry  seas  forego  their  prey, 
The  prisoner's  cruel  chains  give  way, 
While  palsied  limbs,  and  chattels  lost, 
Both  young  and  old  recovered  boast. 

And  perils  perish;  plenty's  hoard 
Is  heaped  on  hunger's  famished  board. 
I^et  those  relate,  who  know  it  well, 
Let  Padua  of  her  Patron  tell. 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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The  hungry  seas  forego  their  prey, 
The  prisoner's  cruel  chains  give  way, 
While  palsied  limbs,  and  chattels  lost, 
Both  young  and  old  recovered  boast. 

May  glory  to  the  Father  be, 
And  to  the  Son  eternally, 
And  to  the  Spirit,  in  essence  one, 
In  Persons  three,  be  honor  done. 

The  hungry  seas  forego  their  prey, 
The  prisoner's  cruel  chains  give  way, 
While  palsied  limbs,  and  chattels  lost, 
Both  young  and  old  recovered  boast. 

V.    Pray  for  us,  Blessed  Anthony: 
R.    That  we  may  be  made  worthy  of  the  prom- 
ises of  Christ. 

LET  US  PR  A  Y: 

O  God!  let  the  votive  commemoration  of  Bless- 
ed Anthony,  Thy  confessor,  be  a  source  of  joy  to 
Thy  Church,  that  she  may  always  be  fortified  with 
spiritual  assistance  and  may  deserve  to  possess 
eternal  joy.    Through  Christ,  our  Lord.  Amen. 

His  Holiness,  Pope  Pius  IX.,  by  a  decree  of  the  Sacred 
Congregation  of  Indulgence,  January  25, 1866,  granted  to  all 
the  faithful,  as  often  as  they  shall,  with  at  least  contrite 
heart  and  devotion,  say  this  Responsory,  with  the  versicle 
and  prayer  annexed,  an  indulgence  of  one  hundred 
days,  and  a  plenary  indulgence,  once  a  month,  on  any 
day,  to  all  those  who  shall  have  said  it  for  a  month,  pro- 
vided that,  being  truly  penitent,  after  Confession  and  Com- 
munion, they  shall  visit  a  church  or  public  oratory,  and 
there  pray,  for  some  time,  for  the  intention  of  His  Holiness. 


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ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


Closing  Prayer  at  the  €nd  of  the  novena. 

O  Blessed  St.  Anthony,  my  faithful  intercessor, 
I  have  now,  through  the  grace  of  God  and  thy 
assistance,  finished  the  pious  exercises  in  thy 
honor.  I  had,  indeed,  the  will  and  desire  to  do 
all  in  my  power  for  thy  greater  honor  and  glory, 
but  thou  knowest  my  weakness  and  misery  and 
want  of  devotion;  wherefore,  I  beseech  thee  to 
make  amends  for  all  my  failings,  and  to  offer  thy 
merits  and  good  works  for  me,  that  I  may  find 
grace  and  hearing  with  God.  Obtain  for  me, 
through  thy  merits,  the  blessing  of  a  virtuous  life, 
a  true  knowledge  of  my  God  and  of  myself,  a 
perfect  mortification  of  my  senses,  and  a  complete 
triumph  over  all  temptations.  I  place  myself 
under  thy  special  protection,  assist  me  to  follow 
thy  example  in  life  and  come  to  my  aid  in  death: 
in  that  dread  moment  let  me  experience  the  might 
of  thy  help.  Amen. 

the  ehaplet  of  St.  Anthony. 

The  Chaplet  of  St.  Anthony  is  composed  of 
thirteen  decades  of  three  beads  each.  On  the  first 
bead  of  each  decade  is  said  the  4 'Our  Father;" 
on  the  second,  the  "Hail  Mary,"  and  on  the  third, 
"Glory  be  to  the  Father,"  etc.  At  the  end  the 
Responsory  (see  page  24)  is  recited. 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


Eitany  of  St  flnftotty, 

{For  Private  Devotion.) 

Lord  have  mercy  on  us! 

Christ  have  mercy  on  its/ 

Christ  hear  us! 

Christ  graciously  hear  us! 

Holy  Mary, 

Holy  Father  Francis, 

St.  Anthony  of  Padua, 

Glory  of  the  Order  of  Friars  Minor, 

Martyr  in  desiring  to  die  for  Christ, 

Pillar  of  the  Church, 

Worthy  priest  of  God, 

Apostolic  preacher, 

Teacher  of  truth, 

Conqueror  of  heretics, 

Terror  of  evil  spirits, 

Comforter  of  the  afflicted, 

Helper  in  necessities, 

Deliverer  of  captives, 

Guide  of  the  erring, 

Restorer  of  lost  things, 

Chosen  intercessor, 

Continuous  worker  of  miracles, 

Be  merciful  unto  us,  Spare  us,  0  Lord! 

Be  merciful  unto  us,  Hear  us,  0  Lord! 

From  all  evil,  ") 

,,,    .  yO  Lord,  deliver  us f 

From  all  sin,  J 


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ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


From  all  dangers  of  body  and  soul, 
From  the  snares  of  the  devil, 
From  pestilence,  famine  and  war, 
From  eternal  death, 
Through  the  merits  of  St.  Anthony, 
Through  his  zeal  for  the  conversion  of  sinners, 
Through  his  desire  for  the  crown  of  martyrdom, 
Through  his  fatigues  and  labors, 
Through  his  preaching  and  teaching, 
Through  his  penitential  tears, 
Through  his  patience  and  humility, 
Through  his  glorious  death, 
Through  the  number  of  his  prodigies, 
In  the  day  of  judgment, 
We  sinners, 

That  Thou  vouchsafe  to  bring  us  to  true 
penance, 

That  Thou  vouchsafe  to  grant  us  patience  in 
our  trials, 

That  Thou  vouchsafe  to  assist  us  in  our  neces- 
sities, 

That  Thou  vouchsafe  to  hear  our  prayers  and 
petitions, 

That  Thou  vouchsafe  to  kindle  the  fire  of  divine 

love  within  us, 
That  Thou  vouchsafe  us  the  protection  and 

intercession  of  St.  Anthony, 
Son  of  God, 

Lamb  of  God,  who  takest  away  the  sins  of  the 
world,  Spare  us,  O  Lord! 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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Lamb  of  God,  who  takest  away  the  sins  of  the  ' 
world,  Graciously  hear  us,  O  Lord  ! 

Lamb  of  God,  who  takest  away  the  sins  of  the 
world,  Have  mercy  on  us,  O  Lord  / 
Christ  hear  us! 
Christ  graciously  hear  us  ! 

V.    Pray  for  us,  O  Blessed  St.  Anthony! 

R.  That  we  may  be  made  worthy  of  the  pro- 
mises of  Christ! 

LET  US  PR  A  Y: 

Almighty  and  eternal  God!  who  didst  glorify 
Thy  faithful  confessor,  Anthony,  with  the  per- 
petual gift  of  working  miracles,  graciously  grant 
that  what  we  confidently  seek  through  his  merits 
we  may  surely  receive  through  his  intercession. 
Through  Christ,  our  Lord.  Amen. 

O  Lord!  may  Thy  holy  confessor,  Anthony, 
intercede  for  us,  upon  whom,  adorned  with  heroic 
virtues,  Thou  didst  bestow  the  gift  of  miracles, 
even  unto  working  prodigious  signs  and  wonders. 
Through  Christ,  our  Lord.  Amen. 

Prayer  to  St.  Anthony. 

We  salute  thee,  St.  Anthony,  lily  of  purity,  or- 
nament and  glory  of  Christianity!  We  salute  thee, 
great  Saint,  cherub  of  wisdom  and  seraph  of  divine 
love!  We  rejoice  at  the  favors  our  Lord  has  so 
liberally  bestowed  on  thee.  In  humility  and  con- 
fidence we  entreat  thee  to  help  us,  for  we  know 


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ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


that  God  has  given  thee  charity  and  pity  as  well  as 
power.  Oh!  then,  behold  our  distress,  our  anxiety, 
our  fears  concerning — [here  name  your  request]. 
We  ask  thee  by  the  love  thou  didst  feel  towards 
the  amiable  little  Jesus  when  He  covered  thee  with 
His  caresses.  Oh!  tell  Him  now  of  our  wants. 
One  sigh  from  that  breast  He  so  honored  will  crown 
our  success,  will  fill  us  with  joy.  Oh!  remember 
how  complete  thy  bliss  was  as  thou  didst  hold  Him 
to  thy  breast,  didst  press  thy  cheek  to  His,  and 
didst  listen  to  His  angelic  voice. 

We  salute  thee  in  spirit,  O  glorious  favorite  of 
God,  and  bow  our  guilty  heads  before  thee  in  hum- 
ble reverence,  while  we  raise  our  sad  hearts  full  of 
hope  towards  heaven  and  thee,  for  He  who  so  often 
put  Himself  in  thy  arms  will  now  fill  thy  hands 
with  all  we  ask  of  thee.  Give  us,  then,  what  we 
desire,  angel  of  love,  and  we  will  publish  thy 
grandeur,  thereby  to  honor  and  glorify  Him  who 
so  blessed  thee.  Amen. 

Prayer  to  St.  JIntbony  for  the  Restoration  of  things 
Cost  or  Stolen. 

O  Blessed  St.  Anthony!  the  grace  of  God  has 
made  thee  a  powerful  advocate  in  all  necessities 
and  the  patron  for  the  restoration  of  things  lost 
or  stolen :  to  thee  I  turn  today  with  child-like  love 
and  heartfelt  confidence.  Oh,  how  many  thousands 
hast  thou  miraculously  aided  in  the  recovery  of 
lost  goods!    Thou  wast  the  counsellor  of  the  erring, 


ST.  ANTHONY  OF  PADUA. 


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the  comforter  of  the  afflicted,  the  healer  of  the 
sick,  the  raiser  of  the  dead,  the  deliverer  of  the 
captive,  the  refuge  of  the  afflicted:  to  thee  do  I 
hasten,  O  Blessed  St.  Anthony!  help  me  in  my 
present  affliction.  I  recommend  what  I  have  lost 
to  thy  care,  in  the  secure  hope  that  thou  wilt  restore 
it  to  me  if  it  be  to  the  greater  glory  of  God  and 
to  the  spiritual  benefit  of  my  soul,  that  I  may 
praise  and  thank  thee,  in  time  and  eternity,  for 
thy  glorious  intercession  in  my  behalf.  Amen. 


flntbem  to  St.  Anthony. 

O  Proles  Hispanise, 
Pavor  infidelium, 
Nova  lux  Italise, 
Nobile  depositum 
Urbis  Paduanae: 
Fer,  Antoni,  gratise 
Christi  patrocinium; 
Ne  prolapsis  veniae 
Tempus,  breve  creditum, 
Defluat  inane. 

O  Hispania's  progeny, 
Fear  of  all  the  faithless  lost, 
Light,  new  born  of  Italy, 
Buried  treasure,  matchless  boast 
Of  the  Paduan  City: 
Anthony,  with  patron  power, 
Jesus'  grace  for  us  obtain, 
Lest  the  briefly  granted  hour 
To  the  fallen — flow  in  vain, 
Time  of  heavenly  pity. 


Contents. 


PAGE 


Preface,   4 

St.  Anthony  of  Padua,   5 

The  Novena  of  Nine  Tuesdays,    .....  14 

Pious  Practices  for  the  Novena,   19 

Prayers  for  the  Novena: 

Preparatory  Prayer,  .......  22 

Prayer  to  the  Infant  Jesus,   23 

The  Responsory,   23 

Closing  Prayer,   26 

Prayers  in  Honor  of  St.  Anthony: 

The  Chaplet   26 

Iyitany,   27 

Prayer— "We  Salute  Thee,"   29 

Prayer  for  Things  I<ost  or  Stolen,  30 

Anthem,      .    31 


